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[veebee]

Simone if I recall correctly .....

That's it ....  Simone...

[Wang Solutions]

I sent her a PM on the weekend - no reply as yet.

[Cruncher Pete]

Intel has added to its stable of Xeon processors and shaved the price on an Atom chip.From Boincstats Forum:

On Sunday, Intel introduced two low-power Xeon processor models rated as low as 45 watts and a higher-end processor.

The L3110 (3.00GHz) integrates 6MB of level-2 (L2) cache memory and is rated at 45 watts, one of Intel's lowest TDP (Thermal Design Power) ratings for a Xeon processor. This is priced at $224.

The Xeon L3360 (2.83GHz) comes with 12MB of L2 cache and is rated at 65 watts. This is listed at $369.

A higher-end X3380 Xeon (3.16GHz) has 12MB L2 cache, is rated at 95 watts, and lists for $530.

The chipmaker also cut the price of the Z530 Atom processor (512k cache, 1.60 GHz) 7 percent, from to $65 from $70.

[Cruncher Pete]

Feb. 24, 2009

Marvell Semiconductor is shipping a hardware/software development kit suitable for always-on home automation devices and service gateways. Resembling a "wall-wart" power adapter, the SheevaPlug draws 5 Watts, comes with Linux, and boasts completely open hardware and software designs, Marvell says.

In typical use, the SheevaPlug draws about as much power as a night-light. Yet, with 512MB each of RAM and Flash, and a 1.2GHz CPU, the unobtrusive device approaches the computing power found in the servers of only a decade ago.

Furthermore, the platform is available in single quantities, and is priced within reach of students, hobbyists, and tinkerers. Its hardware design is completely open -- everything from schematics to Gerber files will be available on a website, Marvell said. For those that do wish to build products on the platform, volume pricing could fall to $50, Marvell expects.

On the software side, the company says ARM ports of several popular Linux distributions are already running, and included. More importantly, Marvell has committed to do everything it can to ensure the best Linux support for SheevaPlug going forward. Raja Mukhopadhyay, product marketing manager, commented, "Whatever the community needs to facilitate development, we will provide the critical resources needed to facilitate that."

Mukhopadhyay calls the SheevaPlug an "ideal platform for in-home service delivery," and adds that he is looking forward to seeing what kinds of products and services are built on top of the device. He said, "We believe that for the consumer and the service provider in the home, it's the right time for some disruptive application delivery. We believe that having a completely open hardware platform will be key in letting people productize it however they want."

Several products based on Marvell's SheevaPlug Plug Computer design have already been announced.  See more here:

[Mike Mitchell]

Hope they run BOINC, I could buy heaps and lots of power boards to run them with.  biggrin

[Furlozza]

BOINC runs on Linux, doesn't it??

[Cruncher Pete]

From CNet News:

Intel has added to its stable of Xeon processors and shaved the price on an Atom chip.

On Sunday, Intel introduced two low-power Xeon processor models rated as low as 45 watts and a higher-end processor.

The L3110 (3.00GHz) integrates 6MB of level-2 (L2) cache memory and is rated at 45 watts, one of Intel's lowest TDP (Thermal Design Power) ratings for a Xeon processor. This is priced at $224.

The Xeon L3360 (2.83GHz) comes with 12MB of L2 cache and is rated at 65 watts. This is listed at $369.

A higher-end X3380 Xeon (3.16GHz) has 12MB L2 cache, is rated at 95 watts, and lists for $530.

The chipmaker also cut the price of the Z530 Atom processor (512k cache, 1.60 GHz) 7 percent, from to $65 from $70.
Prises in USD.

[WikiWill]

From ABC News:

NSW set for mandatory power reduction

New South Wales electricity retailers will have to reduce consumption by four per cent within five years under mandatory targets announced today.
The energy efficiency scheme begins on July 1 with a modest target of 0.4 per cent of efficiency savings, before requiring four per cent savings by 2014.
...
"Our modelling indicates that the average household electricity bill will be reduced by about $40 to $50 each year between now and 2020," he said.


What does this mean NSW BOINCers?!

[Furlozza]

Might be the time to invest in wind power... or solar power..... now where is that old solar powered watch and calculator??

[Vajras]

Or ....you could install this

[kashi]

Or may be time to invest in a wood heater and some candles.

Perhaps the announcement is code for: "We are going to increase the price of electricity to blazes and we will use greenscam arguments to justify it." Or alternatively: "We will do our very best to ensure there are rolling blackouts, then use this to justify privatising supply."

Lots of funny money to be made privatising power, just the thought of it drives them to a feeding frenzy and they will use every possible means to get a share of the plunder.

[den160593]

Wonder roughly how long till the i7 drops in price. I really need a new comp, hoping to get something with that processor (base one) for less than 1.5k with a good graphics card (no software - i have all that I need)... still be about 6-7 times more powerful than my current computer

[yoda]

Wonder roughly how long till the i7 drops in price.

I have no idea how long it will be, but I'd think it will happen sooner or later :D

Still, it should be possible to build one for less than 1.5k at the moment, as long as you are happy to get "budget" priced components and depending on whether you want a new case and power supply.

Going by prices from my regular suppliers' prices, I could build one for about $900 to $950

That's for a motherboard, i7-920 CPU and 3GB DDR3-1333 (3x1GB). 

[den160593]

What sort of graphics card is in that though?

[yoda]

What sort of graphics card is in that though?

The $900 to $950 is just for the motherboard, CPU and RAM.  If you want a complete system, add the appropriate parts (where you dont have existing parts you can reuse):

* Case and Power Supply
* Graphics Card
* Hard disk
* DVD writer

If you're thinking $1500 including a monitor, mouse, keyboard and speakers as well, you would certainly need to wait for prices to drop, or go for a Core 2 Quad.  But if you're just replacing the "box", it is doable, possibly with an NVidia 9800GT graphics card.